[Comprehensive Anglo-American] Gem Merchant

As far as beginners are concerned, although Strange still suffers from old ailments such as uncontrollable fingers, he can still be regarded as making rapid progress.

Of course, Alphonse felt that the main reason might be that this guy had to speed up his training progress because he was unwilling to gait—when a dozen or so people were gaiting while drawing a magic circle in the air, Alphonse The crooked crouching of Strange and Strange are particularly eye-catching.

Alphonse accepted everyone's gaze calmly, and his guiltless expression made Modu's eyebrows frowned so much that it could kill a fly.

Leaving aside the guy who came here to heal his hand, Alphonse is the emissary of the clock tower, named Barthomello, and the ancient master also said that he would be allowed to study here, how could he let him go? He is fishing here.

"You...you two, squat right here and see what you look crooked!"

Modu changed the blurted "you" to "you", pulled out his short wooden staff, separated it from the middle and pulled it out suddenly, pulling a staff as long as the radius to the length of the eyebrow stick, not light nor not He tapped Alphonse's calf heavily: "Your posture is not standard at all!"

"But if it's just to open the portal, I can open it standing up!"

The blond jeweler always has a reason: "Why do you have to do this kind of useless physical training..."

"This is to hone the will!"

Modu stared: "Only a firm will can allow us to keep the power of the dark dimension out!"

"If you really want to say that, the power of the dark dimension is not much able to pass through my magic circuit. Even if my will is not firm, it is much more convenient for me to absorb magic power from the parallel world than from the dark dimension. Besides, gem magic originally It is very convenient to preserve the magic power..."

Alphonse shook his ankle to relieve his stiff muscles after squatting for a long time: "It's not necessary for me at all."

All roads lead to Rome, you have to warn me not to take the single-plank bridge, as long as people with brains will not do this kind of thing, okay!

Unable to say, Karl Modu snorted coldly, turned around and began to supervise the training of other disciples.Stephen Strange quietly listened to the scene of the quarrel between the gods, and drew a little spark in the air with trembling fingers.

Strange power flowed to all limbs, but there was still no way to stop the trembling of his fingertips.The surgeon from New York lowered his eyes and decided to continue working overtime tonight to read some theoretical books.

Lunch is also not good.

The Tibetan-style steamed dumplings stuffed with chicken are heavily seasoned, so spicy that Alphonse drank water while eating.Stephen has a good acceptance of peppers, and it may be because he is a little tired from squatting, and his appetite is much better than in the morning.This time Karl Modu sat next to the two of them with his own plate. On the plate were a few local buckwheat cakes and a bowl of bean soup. Feng Si looked at it for a long time, drew a spell in front of his face, and adjusted his sense of taste.

He should have cheated a long time ago, he thought, this place where even communication depends on familiars to send messages is like going back to 200 years ago, no wonder some old antiques in the clock tower can't even use mobile phones.

The phone vibrated slightly, and Alphonse turned on the screen. He saw Tony Stark's selfie at the parliament site, and he didn't know who this guy had offended.

[Stark: Hey, Mr. Magician, what are you up to? ]

Alphonse thought for a while, raised his phone, took a photo of the half-eaten spicy version of the Tibetan-style steamed dumpling in front of him, and sent it to Tony Stark.

Dilapidated wooden bowls and spoons, simple and rough food and tabletops with old scratches, the breath of poverty in the whole picture leaks out of the screen.

[Alphonse: At lunch, I really miss that restaurant in Brooklyn. ]

Soon, Tony Stark sent a reply.

"...Are you going to teach in some impoverished mountainous area?"

——This kind of place is not likely to allow him to make money.

Alphonse wrote on his phone blankly, yes.

Himalayas, Nepal, although I am currently forced to learn magic, but I also help students in the ancient area by the way, which fits perfectly.

Where there is no Internet access, time often passes very slowly.

It's not that Karma Taj is not connected to the Internet, but in this kind of place where the space is extremely complicated, watching videos and chasing dramas and other activities are out of the question.Alphonse chatted with Tony Stark one after another, the warm wind blew through the window, and there were children in coarse cloth jackets running around Alphonse chasing each other. When they passed by, they turned around and waved vigorously at the blond alchemist:

"—Lord!"

Alphonse: "..."

Originally, it was a normal title called by other magicians, but it was awkward to hear it from the mouths of these children. He bent down, brushed his index finger over everyone's forehead, and exerted a certain pressure on these children. The short-term effective magic protection can prevent minor bruises for a period of time: "Just call me 'Alphonse'."

The children chirped and nodded, blinking their eyes: "But Senior Brother Modu calls you the Monarch."

"..."

Alphonse held up his smiling face with some reluctance: "That's because he's unhappy and acting weird."

"Oh, why is he unhappy?"

A child asked, but another person next to him tugged at his clothes: "What's the use of asking him, maybe even the Supreme Master can't figure out why Senior Brother Modu is always unhappy."

Alphonse: "..."

The two children made faces at Alphonse, only to find that Karl Modo was walking towards Alphonse with a dark face. He obviously heard their conversation just now, so he ran away happily, not at all. Not looking scared.Mordo stood beside Alphonse, the two children had already run away without a trace, he had a seizure but couldn't, so he could only take a deep breath and explained to Alphonse:

"These are abandoned children. We have adopted a few children with good magic talents. When they grow up, they will also become members of the resistance against the dark dimension."

Alphonse nodded, noncommittal.It's not uncommon to insert a magic engraving from the clock tower to inherit the engraving. Lion Jieli from the Spirit Division has always wanted to adopt a child to inherit his engraving, but his family's engraving was poisonous. One child died at a time after being transplanted. Finally give up, give up completely.

Even though the teaching environment here is equally strict, compared to the living conditions of the children of the major magician families at the clock tower, the atmosphere of Karma Taj is still much more relaxed.

The journey of magic has always been lonely and cruel. If you understand this from an early age, you will adapt more smoothly than the magicians who join in the study halfway, and you will not go through the process of breaking and reshaping the world view.Alphonse has always been unable to understand why a person who has never set foot in the mysterious world should inherit the position of the supreme mage. He thought for a long time, and suddenly remembered that Mordo also joined Kama Taj halfway to follow The ancient one learned magic.

"Speaking of which, why do you want to learn this?"

Alphonse asked casually: "Your family should be quite rich. It has been years of hard work in a place where the family business has not been inherited, and Weissandi's magic can be regarded as high-quality in the eyes of the magicians of the Magic Association." Dangerous, if you are not careful, you will fall into the abyss, even if you have maintained it well all these years,..."

"Of course in pursuit of roots and truth."

Modu righteously said: "This world is much wider than I imagined. The Supreme One made me understand the shallowness and insignificance of my own knowledge. The path of the devil is dangerous and far away, but as long as you go down step by step and work hard, It must be able to get closer to that end. Besides, it is also very important to gain power to guard the peace of the world——Aren’t you doing the same thing?”

Alphonse glanced at him in surprise, his lips moved, but he didn't speak in the end.In his opinion, this sentence is full of loopholes, but it involves the difference in the basic worldview of two people, and he is too lazy to correct who is right and who is wrong.

Just like whether Iron Man made the world better or worse, there are different opinions on the Internet, but in the end they failed to make a name for themselves.

In the afternoon, it is still Zama step, drawing formations.

The daily homework of the magicians here is to repeatedly use their common magic, so that the magic circuit of the body gets used to the feeling of external power flowing through itself, and improves the fit with the power of Weishandi, so that they can grab and pry More magic.This had little effect on Alphonse, but he still followed the troop in circles, with a calm expression on his face, changing his crooked crouching posture in the morning.

Stephen Strange wiped the sweat from his brow, not sure what had happened to this guy. He was still an underachiever together before, but now he squatted in such a standard manner.

"You used strengthening magic to support your body?"

Modu frowned, walked to Alphonse's side with his hands behind his back, and suddenly bent down and lifted the other's white robe.Under the white cloth, Alphonse's exposed ankle did not have any marks on the magic circuit, that is to say, the other party did not use magic power to enhance the performance of the body.

Modu raised his eyebrows, but he didn't see what tricks the other party used, but there were still a lot of students waiting for him to point out, so he could only give him a warning look, turned and left.

Anyway, this guy is Edelfelt in essence... no matter how much he practices, he can reach this level. Modu rolled his eyes, thinking that it was a waste of time for the Supreme Being to keep these two guys here.

Alphonse pouted at his back, thinking that Mordo looked like a dean patrolling the school.

The afternoon's training is over, and it's nightfall.

There is not much air pollution here, and the power supply throughout Nepal is particularly poor. As soon as the sun sets, the eyes are basically smeared, so the entire night sky is very clear.

New York City is full of light pollution, but there is no such a good environment for stargazing.

Alphonse and Strange each moved a bench, sat at the door of the room and looked up at the starry sky - the latter even moved a wooden basin, poured hot water on it and soaked his feet, today was like a military training all day The same amount of activity is clearly not enough for surgeons in New York City.

"What are you looking at?"

Stephen asked: "I saw in your "All Basics" that some magicians also know astrology... Are you observing the future?"

"Here, there is no need to observe the future."

The night wind blew his shoulder-length hair, and Alphonse smiled softly at Stephen. The future Supreme Mage is still very amateurish and immature in the field of mysticism: "The magic of the Supreme One can detect the future, Make the right choice to open up the direction for the people behind her. Other people here don’t need to probe into the future too much, so as not to cause unnecessary disturbance to the direction she chooses.”

These questions are too far away from himself, Stephen thought, so he changed the question: "Why did your training seem to be so easy this afternoon?"

This guy looks like he can handle a job with ease!

Alphonse stretched out his hand and drew a small circle in the air: "There are many kinds of magic. Most people will choose to strengthen their bodies at this time. Modo also knows this, so he checked whether there is any magic circuit on my body. Notch. But in fact, there is obviously not only one way to achieve the goal.”

He smiled slyly: "Let me teach you your first magic trick."

——One, the magic that adjusts its own gravity.

"Fracta"

weight operation.

In fact, even in this impoverished place, it is not particularly difficult to improve your quality of life.Alphonse felt like Robinson Crusoe living on a deserted island, leading the talented Friday Strange to survive in the wilderness online.

Shh...Of course, senior brother Mo Du must not hear these words.

Everything starts from the very basics.Alphonse snapped his fingers, and the cold water in the tub suddenly became warm and pleasant.The alchemist looked up at the moon. Tonight's moonlight is bright enough. As long as the moonlight and starlight are gathered and strengthened, the brightness can be properly and sufficiently illuminated to be close to magic lights.

"You only need to make the magic circuit once, and then you only need to set up psychological hints in your mind and activate it repeatedly. Different people have different suggestive images for activating the magic circuit. Some people use a wedge to chisel their heart, Some people shoot iron with bullets, in short, it’s like making a switch on your body, you need a convenient way to enable yourself to turn on the magic circuit at any time.”

Alphonse and Strange sat facing each other on the roof to make up lessons, the surrounding moonlight surrounded them like a river of light, flowing shadowily beside them.

Strange nodded. His magic talent was outstanding, and he quickly understood Alphonse's intentions. The light golden magic power flowed into his limbs, gathering faint spots of light between his fingers.

A success... Alphonse asked curiously, "What kind of imagery did you use?"

"...the scene where the palm is pierced by rubble."

Strange lowered his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "If it is said that this kind of magic power is easy to lure people into darkness... I must not forget that I am a doctor, learning magic is to continue to treat others."

This is the opportunity for him to become a magician, and also the reason why Stephen Strange stepped into another mysterious world, where he came from, and where he returned.

Alphonse looked at the newly promoted magician who opened the magic circuit, and couldn't help but sigh that the other party did have a body structure suitable for the origin of Weishandi and a good brain. The ancient one had no intention of looking for an orthodox magician to be his successor. , Only those who understand the pain of the weak and want to help others from the bottom of their hearts will not be lost and trapped in it when they grab more powerful power.

I don't know how many futures I have seen before I found such a unique good seed from the vast crowd.

Of course, the words "you are the Chosen One" are definitely not appropriate to say now, Alphonse repeated the magic that was used for gravity adjustment during the day, and the other party quickly tried it.

"Fracta."

Alphonse said, he stretched out his hand to knock off a roof tile, and under the effect of magic, the rubble floated up into the sky.

"Fracta."

Strange repeated imitatively, and stretched out his hand towards the half of the tile. After a while, nothing happened.

"Chanting is just an activation command that affects the magic power, just like the action when you turn the car key to drive. You have to observe the specific and complicated flow of magic power again."

Alphonse didn't expect the other party to learn it immediately, so he re-demonstrated it again.

As a result, this person succeeded the second time... Alphonse suddenly felt like he had witnessed a bully.

"What about you?"

Suddenly, Strange asked suddenly: "Since everyone has the image of opening the magic circuit, what would you think at that time?"

"I'll tell you later."

Alphonse changed the subject with a smile.

——It was an icy kiss, soft lips pressed against the forehead, hiding the fine and dense teeth in the mouth.The goblins presented their blessings to the youth in front of them aloofly, easily changing a person's life.